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four years showed he wasn't doing rel by failing to keep some of his pledges pledges and it's to can questions if it's a trend that's here to stay. it's generally thought that a second term six u.s. president walks those handcuffs that kept them from doing great things in their first term because they had to think about getting reelected all the time in the last four years we've heard many times president obama's hands are tied on this issue word that issue suppose this election has on tied his hands we don't have a crystal ball to tell you what he's going to do with those three presidential hands but we may already see signs of what is to come president obama steps into his second term carrying a heavy load of promises along with the pledge the threat of another devastating war in the middle east for four years president obama pushed to a great extent by israel as war with iran i will take no options off the tape and what i see. some believe the appointment of chuck hagel as defense secretary who is known to have been against a strike on iran may be a sign that the new obama adminis
four years showed he wasn't doing rel by failing to keep some of his pledges pledges and it's to can questions if it's a trend that's here to stay. it's generally thought that a second term six u.s. president walks those handcuffs that kept them from doing great things in their first term because they had to think about getting reelected all the time in the last four years we've heard many times president obama's hands are tied on this issue word that issue suppose this election has on tied his...
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election year dick cheney was actually on t.v. made the comment that in february two thousand and two guantanamo was a great place it set me off so bad as i knew he was lying that i actually reached out some people to see dave's project and gave my awful awful story out outraged me that much that pretty much made me go public that was the breaking point for me and granted i'm glad that you're speaking out because we really we do hear sometimes about victims of torture victims of the war but the soldiers of course are pretty much thrown under the bus how hard is it for you to over see this kind of abuse of course you you kind of you know didn't want to talk about it for a while you wanted to kind of brush it under the rug and try to move for a player had but i mean how hard was it for you and eventually other guards or people who are overseeing this kind of abuse and realizing that it's not warranted . you know it's we getting upset and really call a lot of stuff that was gone maybe some of these individuals deserved what they got
election year dick cheney was actually on t.v. made the comment that in february two thousand and two guantanamo was a great place it set me off so bad as i knew he was lying that i actually reached out some people to see dave's project and gave my awful awful story out outraged me that much that pretty much made me go public that was the breaking point for me and granted i'm glad that you're speaking out because we really we do hear sometimes about victims of torture victims of the war but the...
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that delivers a speech on the next four years of his presidency look at whether he can live up to his promises. us hungry up for profits why investment bankers are being blamed for forcing up food prices for everyone else the details coming up after this. choose your language killing weaker though in the federal subsidies still some other. treatments to get consensus here to. choose the opinions that immigrate to. choose the stories could impact the. troops be sent off to. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't i'm sorry we're going to the big picture. here with r t live from moscow well with the general election looming in israel polls predict they'll be little changes to the makeup of the country as part of the meant for casper are promising the return of prime minister benjamin netanyahu is right wing the coup party and are leaving many voters apathetic and disillusioned artist paul the slayer has more. the countdown
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promises from his last four years in the white house is still ringing a little hollow former u.s. senate foreign policy adviser james just trust told us how a bomber has so far failed to step away from the controversial global strategies of the bush era. i don't think they're much better but they're not much worse either i think the main thing that characterized mr obama's first term was continuity with the bush legacy most notably for example in the intervention in libya i think the real question is is will there be a shift in his second term in line with what he said today for example will we back away from potential confrontation or in military involvement in syria will we back away from confrontation with iran and will we withdraw the missile deployment system on russia's western borders there are things that he can do to radically shift in his second term away from that bush legacy what a bomb his first four years showed he wasn't by failing to keep some of these pledges. questions if it's a trend that he's had to stay. it's generally thought that his second term six u.s. pre
promises from his last four years in the white house is still ringing a little hollow former u.s. senate foreign policy adviser james just trust told us how a bomber has so far failed to step away from the controversial global strategies of the bush era. i don't think they're much better but they're not much worse either i think the main thing that characterized mr obama's first term was continuity with the bush legacy most notably for example in the intervention in libya i think the real...
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four year old promise to close it a human rights groups that demanding the immediate freedom for those cleared for release unfair trials i mean guy nature can reports polls show the majority of americans simply moved on. i presume obama's call to look forward not backward because they gets a free pass on i mean the public largely could care less the mainstream media you know here in the u.s. . you know is more interested in car dash and then they are and what happens at guantanamo. so who's going to challenge it if you're looking for the biggest threat to america right now she's right there her name is kim carr does she and her america has moved on and so has its perception of torture polls by the american red cross show the majority of americans now find torture acceptable sixty percent of young people agree whereas four years ago portugal's largely condemned in the u.s. . hollywood has arguably contributed to that evolution of public opinion in the movie zero dark thirty day or trade the information that led to the capture and killing of osama bin laden was obtained through enhanced
four year old promise to close it a human rights groups that demanding the immediate freedom for those cleared for release unfair trials i mean guy nature can reports polls show the majority of americans simply moved on. i presume obama's call to look forward not backward because they gets a free pass on i mean the public largely could care less the mainstream media you know here in the u.s. . you know is more interested in car dash and then they are and what happens at guantanamo. so who's...
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barack obama is officially at the helm of the us government for another four years after being sworn in at the white house all eyes will be on the american president later on monday when he lines his second term plans in his inaugural speech about his first four years show he wasn't he railed by falling by failing to keep some of his pledges gani chickie end questions if it's a trend that is here to stay. it's generally thought that his second term six u.s. presidents on walks those handcuffs that kept them from doing great things in their first term because they had to think about getting reelected all the time in the last four years we've heard many times president obama's hands are tied on this issue word that issue suppose this election has on tied his hands we don't have a crystal ball to tell you what he's going to do with those three presidential hands but we may already see signs of what is to come president obama steps into his second term carrying a heavy load of promises along with the pledge the threat of another devastating war ended with. four years president obama push
barack obama is officially at the helm of the us government for another four years after being sworn in at the white house all eyes will be on the american president later on monday when he lines his second term plans in his inaugural speech about his first four years show he wasn't he railed by falling by failing to keep some of his pledges gani chickie end questions if it's a trend that is here to stay. it's generally thought that his second term six u.s. presidents on walks those handcuffs...
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during the next four years and how did he live up to his pledges in the first term. hello and welcome to our t. is special coverage of the second inauguration of president barack obama today will be taking a look back at what has defined president obama's first term as well as what lies ahead from civil rights to foreign policy will dig deep into the real topics and issues that presses the u.s. today start off i want to bring in our panel r.t. correspondent meghan lopez and host of breaking the set here on r.t. abby martin great to have you all here to be here so big day here in washington d.c. . i guess want to start off with with the big inauguration speech president obama is kind of known for his passionate speech is kind of a rallying up the people he famously said there is no red states there's no blue states there's the united states but of course the reality here we are today the beginning of the second term is that. we have a very divided congress and we see very sharp difference differences between the red states and the blue states so despite kind of his rh
during the next four years and how did he live up to his pledges in the first term. hello and welcome to our t. is special coverage of the second inauguration of president barack obama today will be taking a look back at what has defined president obama's first term as well as what lies ahead from civil rights to foreign policy will dig deep into the real topics and issues that presses the u.s. today start off i want to bring in our panel r.t. correspondent meghan lopez and host of breaking the...
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year old promise to close the most four year olds are calling for freedom for those cleared for release and for of troil of those. he's gone a reports polls show the majority of americans simply moved on. president obama's call to look forward not backward has resulted in attempts to sweep the past under the rug including some of his own promises i'm going to close guantanamo and i will follow through on that colonel morris davis was a chief prosecutor at guantanamo under george w. bush and he later became a vocal critic of the practices there and strongly supported president obama's pledge to shut down the prison he says the perception of guantanamo in the u.s. has come a long way since two thousand and eight when he was a burning and highly controversial issue with a nation demanding action he gets a free pass on i mean the public largely could care less if the mainstream media you know here in the us. you know is more interested in car dash and then they are and what happens at guantanamo. so who's going to challenge it if we're looking for the biggest threat to america her name is k
year old promise to close the most four year olds are calling for freedom for those cleared for release and for of troil of those. he's gone a reports polls show the majority of americans simply moved on. president obama's call to look forward not backward has resulted in attempts to sweep the past under the rug including some of his own promises i'm going to close guantanamo and i will follow through on that colonel morris davis was a chief prosecutor at guantanamo under george w. bush and he...
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now barack obama is officially celebrating the start of his second presidential term even as some cain promises from his last four years in the white still ring out additional hollowell to discuss what could change in the next four years in america and everywhere else we are joined by benedict's a former u.s. military policy director thank you for joining us if we could stop. with the question during his speech to washington the washington crowds barack obama did state that enduring will security and lasting. did not require perpetual war if you think that is a sign that the u.s. will slow down or even end its will its operations abroad i think it's least good that he said that and maybe it will have some maybe he means it partly but we haven't seen that over the past four years he's escalated the wars in afghanistan he's escalated the drone attacks around the world so i'm certainly skeptical it's i never thought republicans would be in those wars possibly now that he's in his second term he will stop and think about things but from what i've seen there's been no real activity towards
now barack obama is officially celebrating the start of his second presidential term even as some cain promises from his last four years in the white still ring out additional hollowell to discuss what could change in the next four years in america and everywhere else we are joined by benedict's a former u.s. military policy director thank you for joining us if we could stop. with the question during his speech to washington the washington crowds barack obama did state that enduring will...
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president barack obama has unveiled changes to current gun legislation laws in the u.s. in the wake of the connecticut elementary school shooting that claimed twenty six lives the proposals include placing police in schools on a ban on assault weapons and the president used his powers of executive action to bring a number of changes into immediate effect a bypassing congress over the house will still have to approve key proposals and some experts believe it's close relationship with influential gun lobby groups the president's plan changes. members of congress are worried about or not how they do in the general election but how they do in the primaries so even if they may personally support you know more background checks smaller magazines what have you what they're worried about is that in the primary they get an n.r.a. funded more right wing opponent who comes in and call them a gun grabber and then i was on there out of a job so that's going to be a big obstacle. now israel is advancing its settlement plans is suing tenders for two hundred more housing units to be bui
president barack obama has unveiled changes to current gun legislation laws in the u.s. in the wake of the connecticut elementary school shooting that claimed twenty six lives the proposals include placing police in schools on a ban on assault weapons and the president used his powers of executive action to bring a number of changes into immediate effect a bypassing congress over the house will still have to approve key proposals and some experts believe it's close relationship with influential...
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inmate one time a bay which remains open despite barack obama's long running pledge to shut it down let's head for you just after the break. join me on a journey to the heart of the problem to a place is hidden from the tourists you're going to meet some real criminal insiders although they may not be the usual news makers you see on t.v. . look at. this leader. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. and it continues here in r.t. thousands of russian opposition activists have marched in moscow to protest against a law banning u.s. citizens from adopting russian children of course was that the running. the protesters are demanding that the e.u. the authorities abolish the law passed recently which bans americans from adopting russian children now this button is part of the russian lawmakers response to the magnitsky act passed recently in the united states which gives the gree
inmate one time a bay which remains open despite barack obama's long running pledge to shut it down let's head for you just after the break. join me on a journey to the heart of the problem to a place is hidden from the tourists you're going to meet some real criminal insiders although they may not be the usual news makers you see on t.v. . look at. this leader. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see...
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broke obama is due to be sworn in for a second term as u.s. president at a private ceremony in the white house as it falls on a sunday he will repeat the inauguration on monday in a public ceremony on a much larger scale during his speech obama is expected to lay out the country's political course for the next four years gun control immigration reform and energy policy are likely to be top priorities. but here in russia at least four people have died from smoke inhalation in a coal mine accident in siberia rescuers evacuated dozens of miners trapped underground after a suspected short circuit started a fire in the mine shaft four others are still unaccounted but officials say their location has been determined the rescue operation has since been suspended due to high levels of methane gas at the scene. after a break we continue our tour through south los angeles home to some of america's most violent street gang stay with archie. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else
broke obama is due to be sworn in for a second term as u.s. president at a private ceremony in the white house as it falls on a sunday he will repeat the inauguration on monday in a public ceremony on a much larger scale during his speech obama is expected to lay out the country's political course for the next four years gun control immigration reform and energy policy are likely to be top priorities. but here in russia at least four people have died from smoke inhalation in a coal mine...
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and barack obama is due to be sworn in for a second term as u.s. president at a private ceremony in the white house as it falls on a sunday he will repeat the inauguration on monday in a public ceremony on a much larger scale during his speech obama is expected to lay out the country's political course for the next four years gun control immigration reform and energy policy are likely to be top priorities in his second term. that wraps up our main news block after a break we continue our look at america's most notorious gang stay with r.t. . congress' approval rating has hit an all time low never has american recorded history been so disappointed with the lawmaking body the united states even former arkansas governor mike huckabee said that their approval ratings are just barely above a pedophile so i guess that's good news for the disgusting pedophiles out there soon you won't be the most hated group in america anymore but i don't think this statistic reflects the quality of government but so much the quality of the governed in some small country
and barack obama is due to be sworn in for a second term as u.s. president at a private ceremony in the white house as it falls on a sunday he will repeat the inauguration on monday in a public ceremony on a much larger scale during his speech obama is expected to lay out the country's political course for the next four years gun control immigration reform and energy policy are likely to be top priorities in his second term. that wraps up our main news block after a break we continue our look...
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two years away. i can say with assurance that this is a very different mission. and a very different task and a very different one. for the us if we're able to come to an appropriate agreement now one of the key points of the agreement that the president mentioned there they key point probably is immunity from prosecution for u.s. troops so that the afghans cannot prosecute any american soldier if they commit a crime that's the deal that the white house couldn't get from the iraqi government the u.s. wanted to keep some troops there but couldn't because of how we opposed the iraqis were to allowing the u.s. to further operate there with impunity but with homemade karzai could be different he indicated that he is willing to give that immunity and that he's willing to bargain besides he knows that he's in power because of the americans and many experts believe his government will collapse in no time after americans leave but whatever post twenty fourteen deal comes out of their negotiations it might not be easy for washington to sell it to the american people becau
two years away. i can say with assurance that this is a very different mission. and a very different task and a very different one. for the us if we're able to come to an appropriate agreement now one of the key points of the agreement that the president mentioned there they key point probably is immunity from prosecution for u.s. troops so that the afghans cannot prosecute any american soldier if they commit a crime that's the deal that the white house couldn't get from the iraqi government...
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at the white house on monday he is expected to paint the prospects for the next four years and pledge to deliver on some promises he's so far failed to keep from all of this let's talk to jeffrey laurenti and international relations senior fellow at the century foundation think tank mr lynch laurenti thank you very much for being with us now obama has always placed a lot of emphasis on foreign policy what do you expect will be the key challenges for him in the next four years well i think what we're going to see in the next four years are those big pieces that he had sought to address in the first term that thwarted being reenergized and we hope see more success on that and i think in this respect that we have first an end to the war in afghanistan second action on climate change in which he invested a fair amount of personal prestige at towards the end of his first year and then after the republicans took over one house of congress and it became clear it wasn't going to move in the congress any time soon it seemed to move back to the back burner of the agenda i think third we're goin
at the white house on monday he is expected to paint the prospects for the next four years and pledge to deliver on some promises he's so far failed to keep from all of this let's talk to jeffrey laurenti and international relations senior fellow at the century foundation think tank mr lynch laurenti thank you very much for being with us now obama has always placed a lot of emphasis on foreign policy what do you expect will be the key challenges for him in the next four years well i think what...
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eleven years of indefinite detention without charge or trial or take an in-depth look at the infamous guantanamo bay facility which remains open despite barack obama's long running pledge to shut it down. votes were put on what some experts fear could be a pretext for intervention into syria as the nation's alleged uranium stockpiles fall under the western microscope and more on that and other stories so often this right. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else and you hear or see some other part of it and realized everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. released be two language. one programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about six of v.i.p.'s interviews intriguing stories for you. in troy arabic to find out more visit our big don't all t.v. dog called. a quarter past the hour moscow time this is. in just a few months the u.s. military in afghanistan will hand over leadership of combat operations to local fo
eleven years of indefinite detention without charge or trial or take an in-depth look at the infamous guantanamo bay facility which remains open despite barack obama's long running pledge to shut it down. votes were put on what some experts fear could be a pretext for intervention into syria as the nation's alleged uranium stockpiles fall under the western microscope and more on that and other stories so often this right. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you...
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rock obama is officially at the helm of the u.s. government for another four years after being sworn in at the white house all eyes are now on the american president who will shortly outline his second term plans in his inaugural speech let's now get the thoughts of political and security analysts patricia de janeiro who's in washington and now and joins us live thanks for being with us what do you think is is. a bar and obama's foreign policies and the challenges he's facing there were clearly outlined in his first term the debate still going on how successful he is what he was what do you think he's done to make the world a safer place in the past four years. yes and done anything much different than the past administration unfortunately i mean i think and from an american and perspective our u.s. perspective at least he has withdrawn most of the troops from iraq and he's on the track to do the same thing in afghanistan which in my view is long overdue however there are there are tens of drone attacks that are still going on that
rock obama is officially at the helm of the u.s. government for another four years after being sworn in at the white house all eyes are now on the american president who will shortly outline his second term plans in his inaugural speech let's now get the thoughts of political and security analysts patricia de janeiro who's in washington and now and joins us live thanks for being with us what do you think is is. a bar and obama's foreign policies and the challenges he's facing there were clearly...
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and yes we can't barack obama's pledge to shut down guantanamo bay still rings hollow with more than one hundred sixty people held at the notorious center without charge or trial this now eleven years after it opened. but within weeks the top headlines here and this is the weekly with me rory sue show you moscow it's good to have you with us today. at least twenty nine police officers were injured on saturday in belfast as violent loyalist clashes in northern ireland reach now into a sixth week of the rest was triggered by the belfast city council's decision to fly the union flag above city hall for only eighteen days a year the latest clashes broke out after about a thousand unionists marching on city hall were attacked by locals in a catholic area police were forced to use water cannons and plastic bullets to disperse the angry mob artie's sarah ferguson following the protests at the same. classes breaking out once again on the streets of belfast you can see the police say just trying to push back the crowds a great. number of police rather sadly fights like this becoming all too c
and yes we can't barack obama's pledge to shut down guantanamo bay still rings hollow with more than one hundred sixty people held at the notorious center without charge or trial this now eleven years after it opened. but within weeks the top headlines here and this is the weekly with me rory sue show you moscow it's good to have you with us today. at least twenty nine police officers were injured on saturday in belfast as violent loyalist clashes in northern ireland reach now into a sixth week...